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kuí

Meanings

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kuí
  1. 1.used in the names of various herbaceous plants

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.name of several plants
  2. 2.Used in compounds.
  3. 3.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡʷil): semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ) – a kind of plant.

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Components

葵卄癸

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

刺葵向日葵天竺葵憂葵忧葵扇葉蒲葵扇叶蒲葵拔葵拔葵去織拔葵去织拔葵啖棗拔葵啖枣水葵洛神葵海葵秋葵茙葵菟葵葵傾葵倾葵扇葵花葵花子落葵葵藿蒲葵蒲葵扇蔠葵𰱛葵蜀葵

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Related words

蒲葵 Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)锦葵 common mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM葵鼠 guinea pig海葵 sea anemone龙葵 black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)秋葵 okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)葵扇 palm-leaf fan山葵 wasabi葵花 sunflower蜀葵 hollyhock (Alcea rosea)葵青 Kwai Tsing district of New Territories, Hong Kong葵涌 Kwai Chung (area in Hong Kong)